ܙܘܓܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Probably metathesized. Compare synonymous Hebrew גּוֹזָל‎ (gōzāl), Christian Palestinian Aramaic ܓܘܙܠܐ‎ (gVzalā), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic גּוֹזָלָא‎ (gōzālā), likewise Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic, and Punic in the plant name 𐤇𐤑𐤓 𐤂𐤆𐤋‎ (ḥaṣīr gōzāl, “vervain”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zuɣallɑ], [zawɡalɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [zuɣalle], [zawɡale] (plural)

Noun

ܙܘܓܠܐ • (zūḡallā, zawgalā) m (plural ܙܘܓܠܐ (zūḡallē, zawgalē))

  1. fledgling (especially squab)

Inflection

Descendants

  • → Arabic: زُغْلُول‎ (zuḡlūl)

References

  • “zwgl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 85b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 112a
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana; Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 370a
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